Bob and Ruth Crist, of Murrieta, celebrated their 75th anniversary April 21 with a family party at their daughter and son-in-lawâs house in Murrieta.

They were married April 21, 1939, in Boulder City, Nev.

Mr. Crist worked for Proto Tool Co. in Los Angeles. He retired in 1975, after 33 years. He enjoys puttering in the yard and was very active in the Masons.

Mrs. Crist is a homemaker. She still bakes her specialty cakes and cookies, and enjoys knitting.

They have four children, all from California; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

60TH ANNIVERSARY

ELDON AND HELEN RICHMOND

Eldon Leon and Helen Richmond, of Sun City, celebrated their 60th anniversary April 6 with a family dinner in Old Town Temecula.

They were married April 2, 1954, in Baltimore, Md.

The Richmond family relocated to Southern California in 1958 and they consider themselves âalmost natives.â Mr. Richmondâs employment in the computer and aerospace industries moved them from Glendora to the Santa Monica/Malibu area, and later to Orange County.

Mrs. Richmondâs employment was mostly in the public sector, including 10 years with the Santa Monica/Malibu School District and 16 years with the City of Irvine. The couple moved to Sun City when she retired in 2001. They have been active members of the Sun City Civic Association since that time.

Their children are Catherine, and her husband, Mike Reidling, of Lake Forest; Glynn, and his wife, Tracey Richmond, of Olathe, Kan.; and Mardi Richmond and her wife, Mel Barash, of Santa Cruz.

They have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

60TH ANNIVERSARY

RICHARD AND CARLENE VALENCIA

Richard and Carlene Valencia, of Riverside, celebrated their 60th anniversary April 1 with a Mass at Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Riverside.

In 1952, Mr. Valencia had just returned from the Korean War where he served as a combat infantryman in the U.S. Army. He met Carlene Reilly on Sept. 26 at a football game at Riverside Poly High School, the school he had graduated from in 1950, and from which she would graduate in 1954.

They married on April 1, 1954, at Queen of Angels Church. Mr. Valencia was a student at what was then Riverside Jr. College, and is now Riverside City College, and took a week off from his evening job to allow them to go to San Francisco on their honeymoon.

Sally L. and Bill L. Wilson, 13-year residents of Palm Desert, celebrated their 60th anniversary Jan. 29 with dinner and a party at The Ventana, Sun City Palm Desert with 70 friends and family members.

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